Table 2.

Sufficient* TB knowledge associated with main sociodemographic characteristics of migrants.

Sociodemographic characteristics	Total sample (n = 509)		TB knowledge (n = 100)		P-value
	n	%	n	%
Gender
Female	6	1%	1	17%	0.853
Male	503	99%	99	20%
Age groups
18–29 years	200	39%	34	17%	0.464
30–39 years	173	34%	36	21%
40 years and over	136	27%	30	22%
Level of education
No education or Primary	57	11%	8	14%	0.051
Secondary	373	73%	69	18%
Tertiary	79	16%	23	29%
Distance from the nearest health centre
Less than 10 km	404	79%	83	21%	0.317
10 km and more	105	21%	18	17%
Current employment status
Employed	167	33%	38	23%	0.217
Unemployed	342	67%	62	18%
Financial position of family (all 5 possible answers)
Not enough money even to buy the food	41	8%	5	12%	0.414
Enough money for food but not for clothes	229	45%	45	20%
Enough for food and clothes but not for expensive things	197	39%	44	22%
We can buy some expensive things	35	7%	6	17%
We can let us every thing we want	6	1%	0	0%
No answer/refused to answer	1
Financial position of family (answers grouped in 2 categories)
Lower	270	53%	50	19%	0.481
Higher	238	47%	50	21%
No answer/refused to answer	1
Accessibility medical services abroad
Yes	226	44%	51	23%	0.138
No	283	56%	49	17%

* “Sufficient knowledge of TB” is defined as the capacity of correctly identifying at least three TB signs/symptoms (fever, fatigue, weight loss, cough, chest pain, shortness of breath), airborne transmission, and possibility to be cured by specific drugs taken without interruption.